strange driver geforce go 6200

I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:

I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

I had exactly the same problem. Using the Microsoft Vista drivers included with the OS shows only 32MB. I replaced the driver with the one I was using for XP and it shows 128MB. However, there is NO option for enabling AERO. Its completely gone.
System is: Centrino 1.73GHz Intel 915PM 1GB RAM
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

Hey Mark,
Exactly the same problem as Koi King. There was no option for aero when i installed the Nvidia driver. IN FACT the performance rating of the video card decreases from 2.3 to 1 with the nvidia driver.
My specs are as follows: Pentium Centrino 2GHz Intel 915GM 1024 RAM Nvidia Geforce Go 6200 (128MB)
Thanks very much in advance.
Patrick -------------------------------------------------------
"Koi King" wrote:

I had exactly the same problem. Using the Microsoft Vista drivers included with the OS shows only 32MB. I replaced the driver with the one I was using for XP and it shows 128MB. However, there is NO option for enabling AERO. Its completely gone.
System is: Centrino 1.73GHz Intel 915PM 1GB RAM
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

Thanks Mark,
I have:
Centrino 2GHz Mobile Intel 915GM Chipset 1024 RAM Nvidia GeForce 6200 (128MB)
Just as Koi King wrote... replacing the vista driver with the the nvidia driver will mean two things: 1) Gaming Memory jumps from 32MB to 256 MB (i actually have 128!) 2) Even though the Gaming Memory seems to increase, the performance rating decreases from 2.6 to 1.
As the performance rating is 1 with the nvidia driver, aero is no longer an option.
So the question is now - Does it matter if the Performance Rating states that i have 32MB Graphics Memory when i actually have 128?
Thanks very much in advance
Patrick
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"Koi King" wrote:

I had exactly the same problem. Using the Microsoft Vista drivers included with the OS shows only 32MB. I replaced the driver with the one I was using for XP and it shows 128MB. However, there is NO option for enabling AERO. Its completely gone.
System is: Centrino 1.73GHz Intel 915PM 1GB RAM
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

Thanks Mark,
I have:
Centrino 2GHz Mobile Intel 915GM Chipset 1024 RAM Nvidia GeForce 6200 (128MB)
Just as Koi King wrote... replacing the vista driver with the the nvidia driver will mean two things: 1) Gaming Memory jumps from 32MB to 256 MB (i actually have 128!) 2) Even though the Gaming Memory seems to increase, the performance rating decreases from 2.6 to 1.
As the performance rating is 1 with the nvidia driver, aero is no longer an option.
So the question is now - Does it matter if the Performance Rating states that i have 32MB Graphics Memory when i actually have 128?
Thanks very much in advance
Patrick
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"Koi King" wrote:

I had exactly the same problem. Using the Microsoft Vista drivers included with the OS shows only 32MB. I replaced the driver with the one I was using for XP and it shows 128MB. However, there is NO option for enabling AERO. Its completely gone.
System is: Centrino 1.73GHz Intel 915PM 1GB RAM
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

Thanks Mark,
I have:
Centrino 2GHz Mobile Intel 915GM Chipset 1024 RAM Nvidia GeForce 6200 (128MB)
Just as Koi King wrote... replacing the vista driver with the the nvidia driver will mean two things: 1) Gaming Memory jumps from 32MB to 256 MB (i actually have 128!) 2) Even though the Gaming Memory seems to increase, the performance rating decreases from 2.6 to 1.
As the performance rating is 1 with the nvidia driver, aero is no longer an option.
So the question is now - Does it matter if the Performance Rating states that i have 32MB Graphics Memory when i actually have 128?
Thanks very much in advance
Patrick
-------------------------------------------------------
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:

Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

Patrick ha scritto:

I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.

That's probably because you used turbocache in XP to allocate 128 MB of video RAM using your system RAM.
p.bes

I Have same card geforce 6200 256mb and let windows use its driver for it, but it says that the video card is slowing down performance
"Patrick" wrote:

Thanks Mark,
I have:
Centrino 2GHz Mobile Intel 915GM Chipset 1024 RAM Nvidia GeForce 6200 (128MB)
Just as Koi King wrote... replacing the vista driver with the the nvidia driver will mean two things: 1) Gaming Memory jumps from 32MB to 256 MB (i actually have 128!) 2) Even though the Gaming Memory seems to increase, the performance rating decreases from 2.6 to 1.
As the performance rating is 1 with the nvidia driver, aero is no longer an option.
So the question is now - Does it matter if the Performance Rating states that i have 32MB Graphics Memory when i actually have 128?
Thanks very much in advance
Patrick
-------------------------------------------------------
"Mark D. VandenBerg" wrote:
Could you please describe your system? CPU, chipset, videocard, etc...
It is a lot easier to help people if these are known.
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

I'm also having the same problem. Has anyone found a fix for this?
Take care
"Patrick" wrote:

I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

You do have a 6200 with 128MB of onboard memory and not a 600TC card with 32MB onboard which can support up to 128MB using shared memory correct? Also in your BIOS have you disabled the onboard graphics chip or set it to not be the primary chip? Have you checked in device manager for the current status of the graphics adapters?
"RainX" wrote in message

I'm also having the same problem. Has anyone found a fix for this?
Take care
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?

I don't think it's a driver issue. I have that card in my Acer Tablet, and the display issues were largely hammered out between the betas and the RC. When I did try installing Vista Ultimate RTM it was one of the few things that didn't fail.
"JW" wrote in message

You do have a 6200 with 128MB of onboard memory and not a 600TC card with 32MB onboard which can support up to 128MB using shared memory correct? Also in your BIOS have you disabled the onboard graphics chip or set it to not be the primary chip? Have you checked in device manager for the current status of the graphics adapters?
"RainX" wrote in message I'm also having the same problem. Has anyone found a fix for this?
Take care
"Patrick" wrote:
I've never seen this before... but Vista only sees 32MB of RAM on my video card... when it definitely has 128.
Could this be because of the IRQ conflicts (it's clashing with the Mobile Intel 915GM/PM Root Port???!!!) or is it simply because the drivers are still betas?